[Francis Thornhill Baring]   11 October 1837

Sir

Having laid before the Lords &c your Letter of 20^th. ult^o. & the accompanying Plan for publishing your Zoological Work,¹ I have received their Lordships Commands to communicate to you their entire approval of the proposals contained therein, & to state that my Lords will be glad to hear that you are proceeding in the Work in the manner therein suggested.

11^th Oct^r. 1837 F Baring.